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Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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Israel: Miracle Proving the Bible True 0:00 Chapter 25 in the book Well Versed in our small group series is on the topic of Israel.0:05 How do you know this book is true? Well, there's a lot of ways we could answer that question, but 1 person has said, the way to know this book is true, take a look at Israel. Israel is the0:17 proof that the Bible is for real. Israel, as a nation, is nothing short of a miracle. Why should we care about Israel? In my book,0:29 Well Versed Biblical Answers to Today's Tough Issues, there's only 1 nation that has its own chapter, Israel. There's almost 200 nations on the earth, and yet only 10:41 nation has its own chapter here. Why would that be? Why we focus on Israel? Well, let me start at a very simple place. Genesis 12 3, he who blesses0:53 Israel gets blessed. He who curses Israel, finish the sentence. It's a big deal how you treat Israel. In fact, the regathering of Israel, the1:04 people the Jewish people coming in from all over the world is 1, as I said at the outset, 1 of the evidences for the truth of of God's scriptures is is this is something 1 of the most amazing miracles that's ever1:15 occurred. Number of passages prophesied this. Ezekiel chapter 20 said they're gonna come back. Ezekiel chapter 34 said they're coming back. Isaiah,1:28 chapter 43, they're coming back. Amos, chapter 9, they're coming back. And a lot of other passages. And guess what? They came back, and1:39 they're still coming back. Why should we care about that? Well, let me define a word. Zionism. The word Zion, you know, has the1:51 meaning of Jerusalem or Israel. The word Zion sometimes refers to the city of Jerusalem. Zionism is simply the belief that Israel has the right to exist as a2:03 nation. It it's it's no much and has right to defend itself. That's what Zionism is. I'm a Christian Zionist, unabashedly so, unapologetically2:14 so. Israel as a nation has a right to exist and a right to defend herself. And if we believe Genesis chapter 12 verse 3,2:26 if he who blesses Israel will be blessed, he who curses Israel will be cursed. If we care and believe that, we ought to all be Zionist and believe that Israel has a right to exist2:38 as a nation, has a right to defend itself. No nation has in the history of the world ever gone out of existence effectively for 2000 years. 702:50 AD, it was destroyed by the Romans and then reestablished in 19 48. That's a miraculous comeback. In addition, the Hebrew language was lost. It3:01 was over. And then now Hebrew is being spoken. There's almost 8000000 people in Israel today. Right? 6000000 of them or so are Jewish. Speaking the Hebrew language, a3:13 language that went out of existence. And so many aspects of the Jewish culture that were crushed underfoot and now are being expressed again. We have never3:25 seen anything like this in history. What's what's the evidence? God's word said it would be that way, and that's exactly what happened. Who would not be a Zionist? Who3:37 would not be in favor of that of of Israel being able to exist and to have its own country and and to defend itself? Well, the answer is there have been a lot of anti Zionists.3:49 Tragically, some of them Christian. I have my PhD in historical theology and church history. But as I went through my training, we weren't told the whole story. The story of Christians'4:01 abuse of the Jewish people, I'm talking long term abuse of the Jewish people, is a painful story. We don't have a perfect track record folks4:13 in this area. There's a reason historically why Jews have not trusted Christians. Historic Christian antisemitism is a story that needs to be told4:25 way more for people to understand what needs to be overcome as we minister to Jewish people. 1 of the most common phrase you hear as well of the Jews, they had a lot of calamity come upon them4:37 because the Jews killed Jesus. No. My sins killed Jesus. Your sins killed Jesus. He died because of our sins. Now, there were some Jewish people there, some Jews.4:49 There were some Romans. We would say the Romans killed Jesus, that's why he died. No. Jesus says, nobody takes my life. I lay it down. So what took it down was he chose to lay it down for5:01 our sins. There there is what is called replacement theology. You need to be aware of that word if you're not already. Replacement theology simply says, well,5:13 hey, God here's a symbol for God, the the Greek word theta. God had a relationship with Israel, but Israel didn't receive Jesus. Therefore, that covenant is null and void.5:25 God now has a covenant with the church and that every time you see the word Israel, that means church. In other words, God has no obligation to the Jewish people, no obligation to the country of Israel,5:37 that piece of real estate. But everything that God's committed to now is the church. Replacement theology oftentimes is a subtle, sophisticated, academic5:49 form of antisemitism. Antisemitism meaning anti Jewish ways. No. God does have a commitment to the church, the followers of him through Jesus Christ. No doubt about6:01 that. But he also has there's many scriptures, many scriptures in this Bible that outline clearly his long term commitment to Israel, to the nation of Israel, and to the6:13 Jewish people. There's another sort of stepchild of this 1 called fulfillment. Fulfillment theology. And it's that well, everything was fulfilled in Jesus, therefore, Israel doesn't count anymore.6:25 Don't buy into that. Don't buy into that for a second. God is still committed to Israel. And the miracle the miracle in Israel I I've been to Israel, about 116:37 times. And my wife's been there 58 times, I think it is. And what I have seen over the decades that I've been going there is you cannot explain.6:49 The scripture is being fulfilled before our eyes. Jeremiah 31, just in recent years. Jeremiah 31. There are verses there you can read and say, no way. It's it's not happeningWhat is Zionism? 7:01 until now. Jeremiah 31 is being fulfilled right before our eyes. And scripture after scripture is being fulfilled. Some try to contend, well,7:13 no. Replacement theology replaces Israel. Nonsense. God is as committed to Israel and the Jewish people as he ever was. And and this the the miracle the miracle in Israel7:25 of the regathering of the Ezekiel 36 and 37. They're being gathered in from all over the globe. Some say, well, that refers back to the time of of the coming of the Babylonian captivity, them coming7:37 from Babylon. No. That was from Babylon or from Persia. Now they're coming in from all over the globe. When I for first went to Israel, there were 2000000 people there. You go there today, there's 8000000 people there.7:48 It's just remarkable the fulfillment of scripture taking place. And now we have another antisemitic movement. It's referred to as BDS. B stands for boycott8:00 the products that are made in Israel. Divest stands for don't involve yourself in any investments in the nation of Israel. And the the sanctions s stands for sanctions,8:12 which means a complete ban on trade. BDS is another anti Jewish, anti Israeli, anti Semitic movement. It sprung up on university campuses,8:24 some corporations, even 1 denomination, the Presbyterian Church of the USA. That's a liberal denomination. Don't confuse it with the Presbyterian Church of America, which is much more biblical. But8:36 the Presbyterian Church of the USA, an anti biblical group now, in their stance on the host of issues, that particular denomination is calling for their church members to be involved in8:48 in trashing Israel. In fact, they went so far in their most recent general conference to remove Israel from all their prayers. How how how antisemitic canRejecting Replacement Theology 9:00 you possibly be? Look what the Jewish people have been through. There has been no people group in the history and under such persecution for so long. There's never been a a a9:11 country that's that's had to go through what this 1 nation has had to go through. Let me let me give you their list of wars just in modern times since 19 48. Take a look at what they've gone through. They came9:23 into existence as a country in 19 48. Do you know what happened when they came into existence as a country? They were attacked by 5 Arab nations that day. They're a day9:35 old and they're being attacked. Here's some of the wars they've they've been involved in just trying to exist as a nation. The Israeli War of Independence of 47 through 49, the Suez Crisis in9:46 56, the 6 Day War in 67, the Yom Kippur War in 73, Palestinian aggression from Lebanon went from 71 to 82, the Lebanon War in 82,9:58 the first Intifada started in 87, the second Intifada started in 2002 thousand 6, the Lebanon War. Gaza War in 2008, 2009.10:11 2014, Hamas rockets attacks on Israel. I was there, during that particular 1. This nation has been in a continual mode of trying to defend itself. Some people say, well, we10:23 need this 2 state solution. We need to simply say, okay, here's Israel, and we need to carve out this and make this a part of another nation. We already did that clear10:35 back in the early 19 hundreds. 75 percent of the old Israel was carved off into the country of Jordan. And the Arabs who want to can go to that 75 percent. Israel only10:46 has 25 percent of the property. And in fact, when you hear President Obama or others say, well, we gotta return to the pre 19 67 borders, that would mean that at certain points, Israel would only10:58 be about 9 miles across. It would be indefensible. It couldn't defend itself from those who who want to kill it. There has never been a nation so assaulted so11:10 continuously. Let me read you 1 more thing. They've attempted to give land, when people demand us. So, well, if we just had land, then then we would we would be fine. So give us some of your land11:22 and we'll have land for peace. So here's Israel offered a piece of land in 19 37 and turned it down. They offered it again in 19 47. Palestinians turned it down. They offered11:33 it again in 67. They offered it again in 2000. They offered it again 2008. Now, no matter how much land they give, they're not gonna get peace because in the charters, for example, of Hamas and11:45 some of the organizations hezbollah, they have11:47 1 goal, and that's to destroy every Jew, wipe Israel off the map.11:47 If you go to some of those countries and look at the map, there's no Israel even on their map. They don't want Israel to exist. They don't want11:59 Jews to exist. And there's many in the Muslim world who are committed to the great Satan and the small Satan, United States being the great Satan, the small Satan being Israel, destroy Israel, destroy theBDS and Israel's Wars for Survival 12:11 US. Now my favorite t shirt that I I ever bought when I went to Israel was 1 that list. It said, all down the side was the the all the nations who've opposed Israel12:23 going back over thousands of years. And then it was on this column on the t shirt. Here's what happened to that nation. And every nation destroyed. That the empire was re re re destroyed. Empire12:35 restored. Destroyed. Empire destroyed. Empire destroyed. And it came down to the 1 that's challenging now, Iran. Just just just wait, Iran. If you keep messing with Israel.12:47 God has his protective hand on that country. Wise is the person that takes seriously Genesis 12 3. You bless Israel, I'll bless you, says God. You curse Israel, says12:59 God. Finish the sentence. I prefer blessings over curses, so I choose to bless Israel.13:09 The message behind Genesis 12 3 is, I will bless those who bless Israel and I will curse those who curse Israel.13:16 Yeah, guys. In 3 ways, people are trying to destroy Israel is, 1, through replacement theology. Replacement theology is where the promises of God are placed on the church today and removed from Israel. And God's covenant13:27 with Israel is broken. Number 2 is the BDS movement, which is boycott, divest, and sanction. And this is a way to economically strangle Israel. Number 3 is a 2 state solution, which which13:39 takes land away from Israel. And this this is a way where Israel cannot defend itself.13:44 I don't know if you heard me. I will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel.13:49 Let's talk about the word Zionism. Zionism is 1 who believes that Israel has the right to exist and defend itself. Nothing more, nothing less. And I'm a follower of Jesus, and I believe in14:01 Zionism. Thus, I am a Christian Zionist.14:04 I wanna make sure you got this right. I will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. So what are you gonna do?In this video 0:00 Israel: Miracle Proving the Bible True7:00 What is Zionism?9:00 Rejecting Replacement Theology12:00 BDS and Israel's Wars for Survival
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